Events & Food in Oristano

The province of Oristano is also characterized by many events and festivals, which take place throughout the year and mainly in summer. The various carnivals of the province are generally accompanied by festivals dedicated to the typical carnival sweets, such as the “zippole”, the fried facts, the chatter, the cream ravioli, etc. We then move […]

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Carrela e Nanti – Horse Carousel

At Santu Lussurgiu there is an equestrian carnival characterized by a horse race, among the most daring of the island, called “Sa Carrela ‘e Nanti” (the road in front). Sa Carrela ‘e Nanti is the synthesis of the carnival of Santu Lussurgiu that features knights, horses and the public. Even the crowd is an integral […]

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Sartiglia

The most important event of Oristano is the Sartiglia: equestrian carousel of perhaps medieval origin, legacy of the Catalan domination, held on the last Sunday and the last Tuesday of carnival. It is one of the oldest equestrian events that still take place in the Mediterranean area and one of the most spectacular and choreographic […]

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Sailing, Boating, Diving

The province of Oristano is a place with a thousand opportunities. In fact it offers many opportunities for beginners, to practice rowing, snorkeling, sailing and kayaking accompanied by qualified and authorized people. You can go from a pleasant day in kayak on the pond of Cabras or canoeing along the picturesque arch of S’Archittu, to […]

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San Leonardo – (Santu Lussurgiu)

The origins, dating back to the 12th century, of San Leonardo di Siete Fuentes are not clear but certainly earlier than Santu Lussurgiu, of which it is a hamlet and from which it is six kilometers away. It has always been inhabited: under the judges, first of Torres, then of Arborea, in the most ancient […]

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Monte Arci Mountain

The expanse of Mount Arci touches several municipalities of Oristano (Ales, Marrubiu, Mogoro, Palmas Arborea, Pau, Santa Giusta, Villaurbana). It is covered by basaltic lava flows, which reveal its origin and a thousand-year history. Monte Arci was very important in the history of Sardinia and specifically in its prehistoric mining history because of obsidian, very […]

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Su Pallosu Cat Oasis

Su Pallosu is a thin strip of land with a sandy bottom of golden color and amber, medium-grained, mixed with some pebbles, hidden in a small creek and protected behind a high barrier on the ground. It is immersed in a limpid and crystalline sea with an iridescent green color, with a shallow sandy bottom. […]

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Is Arenas Golf Court

Is Arenas Golf Club is located in the marina of Narbolia, continuing towards Santa Caterina. It is an 18-hole golf course (par 72) with design and construction supervision carried out by the well-known American golf architect Robert Von Hagge. In 2002 the path obtained the recognition of the best new Italian field in 2001 by […]

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San Giovanni of Sinis

Also in the protected marine area of ​​the Sinis, we find San Giovanni, a small village that houses an historical-architectural jewel of inestimable value, where you can breathe an air of spiritual peace. It is the small early Christian church of San Giovanni carved with particular shapes. The first construction dates back to the Byzantine […]

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Tharros Site

Nuragic village, Phoenician emporium, Carthaginian fortress, Roman urbs, Byzantine capital, capital of the Giudicato of Arborea. In Tharros about two thousand years of Sardinian history are told, from the nuraghic age to the middle of the XI century, when, to escape from the Saracen attacks, it was abandoned. In the Sinis peninsula there are the […]

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